Meron Tekleberhan Gebreananaye

Meron Tekleberhan Gebreananaye

Biblical and Theological Studies |New Testament

I began to seriously contemplate undertaking theological studies after perceiving the need for contextualized biblical and theological materials while working with SIM-Ethiopia. I enrolled at EGST in 2011, which was the beginning of an incredible journey through which God has slowly but surely revealed my place in theological education – both as a student and an educator.

PhD Student, Durham University UK, New Testament Studies. PhD Thesis: Scripture and the Formation of Ascetic Identity: A Study in the Reception of the New Testament in Ascetic Interpreters in Late Antiquity and Ethiopic Traditions (working title).

In late 2016 I began my PhD Studies at Durham University in the UK as part of the EGST Faculty Development Programme and I hope to finish my studies and take up a position as part of the faculty in 2020. My research looks at the reception of New Testament in the development of ascetic thought in Patristic and ancient Ethiopic texts.

“Makǝda to Judith: An Analysis of the Characterization of Two Ethiopian Queens” [in collaboration with Bruk Ayele, PhD], presented at the Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting 2016 Ethiopic Bible and Literature Program Unit, San Antonio, Texas

“Narrative Elements in the Corinthian Andemta,” presented at the Capuchin Franciscan Research and Retreat Centre Second International Conference on Ethiopian Texts, February 2016

“The Reception and Appropriation of Isaac of Nineveh in Ethiopic Literature” [in collaboration with Ralph Lee, PhD], presented at the Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting 2015 Ethiopic Bible and Literature Program Unit